![]() However, there's no MF/AF switch on the barrel, so you need to use the camera menus to switch modes. In addition to the zoom ring, there’s also a control ring, which is normally used for manual focusing but can be assigned other functions when autofocus is engaged, such as exposure compensation. The controls are smooth and firm with no play. This does feel like a very well made lens. It's a good deal longer when extended for use, but a simple turn of the zoom ring retracts it for putting away, so that's not an issue. Of course, you have to un-retract it (extend it) to use it, but that's easy too. The Nikkor Z 24-50mm f/4-6.3 is certainly compact when it's retracted. ![]() Nikon isn't alone here – the super-compact Sony FE 28-60mm f/4-5.6 is equally constricting. This is the price of an ultra-compact full frame kit lens. You need to be very forgiving to accept that short zoom range and big maximum aperture drop at the same time. A 24mm f/4 isn't so bad, but a 50mm f/6.3 is harder to accept. The other downside is the maximum aperture. Most kit lenses can also double as a short telephoto or 'portrait' lens, but not this one. Effectively, you get a good wideangle at one end of the zoom range and a standard angle of view at the other. For anyone with a long memory, this is how cameras with walkaround standard lenses used to be. Where most full frame camera kit lenses are at best quite big and at worst (with pro lenses) pretty huge, this one is very compact. Undoubtedly, the key feature of this lens (on a positive side) is its compactness.
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